PHP Help

[Iamazn]

-Trying to retrieve user info via their last visit IP.
-This PHP script is not in myforum.net/forum/, it's in subdomain.myforum.net.
Why isn't anything "echoed"?

PHP Code:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

<?php error_reporting(E_ALL); define('IN_MYBB', 1); require_once '/home/vol4/byethost11.com/username/myforum.net/htdocs/forum/global.php'; //Get the IP of the user. $ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']; $query = $db->query("SELECT username,postnum,usergroup,additionalgroups,lastip FROM mybb_users WHERE lastip='$ip'"); $user = $db->fetch_array($query); if($user['username'] == NULL) { die("Invalid User"); } $username = $user['username']; $posts = $user['postnum']; $usergroup = $user['usergroup']; $additional = $user['additionalgroups']; echo $username . "<br>"; echo $posts . "<br>"; echo $usergroup . "<br>"; echo $additional . "<br>"; ?>

---

[ZiNgA BuRgA]

(12-05-2010 12:18 PM)Iamazn Wrote:  

PHP Code:

<?php require_once '/home/vol4/byethost11.com/username/myforum.net/htdocs/forum/global.php';

---

That will most likely break.  Best to chdir() to the correct directory.  Defining MYBB_ROOT manually may work too (cbf checking).

[Iamazn]

(12-05-2010 01:35 PM)ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:  

(12-05-2010 12:18 PM)Iamazn Wrote:  

PHP Code:

<?php require_once '/home/vol4/byethost11.com/username/myforum.net/htdocs/forum/global.php';

---

That will most likely break.  Best to chdir() to the correct directory.  Defining MYBB_ROOT manually may work too (cbf checking).

How do I "define" MYBB_ROOT?

[ZiNgA BuRgA]

http://au.php.net/manual/en/function.define.php

[Iamazn]

(12-05-2010 03:40 PM)ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:  http://au.php.net/manual/en/function.define.php

Can chdir() "go back" directories?
I tried:

Code:

chdir(/home/vol4/byethost11.com/username/myforum.net/htdocs/forum/);

---

and it didn't change the directory. (used "echo getcwd();")

Here's my FTP "structure":
Home: /home/vol4/byethost11.com/username/
Forum: /home/vol4/byethost11.com/username/myforum.net/htdocs/forum/
The PHP Script: /home/vol4/byethost11.com/username/test.myforum.net/htdocs/

[ZiNgA BuRgA]

(12-05-2010 03:53 PM)Iamazn Wrote:  Can chdir() "go back" directories?

Yes.  Do you have some safe mode restrictions?
IDK much about safe mode - maybe it only likes relative paths.  Try that and see if that works.
EDIT:

http://php.net/manual/en/function.chdir.php Wrote:Note: When safe mode is enabled, PHP checks whether the directory in which the script is operating has the same UID (owner) as the script that is being executed.

Quote:When using PHP safe mode and trying to change to a dir that is not accessible due to the safe mode restrictions, the function simply fails without generating any kind of error message.

Perhaps check those.

[MattR]

I did say to use a relative path in your thread on the MyBB forums... even offered to login to your file system to see what it'd need to be for you.

[Iamazn]

Would chdir('/home/vol4/byethost11.com/username/myforum.net/htdocs/forum/');
work?
How do I get relative paths?

[MattR]

It's the path to the file you want relative to where you are currently. Say your structure was this:

• public_html/
  • forum/
    • global.php
      
  • site/
    • file.php
      

You're in file.php, you need to include global.php, the relative path would be this:

Code:

../forum/global.php

---

You're currently in /site/, ../ means go back a folder, so you go back to /public_html/, then into /forum/, and then global.php

[Iamazn]

(12-06-2010 05:36 AM)MattR Wrote:  It's the path to the file you want relative to where you are currently. Say your structure was this:

• public_html/
  • forum/
    • global.php
      
  • site/
    • file.php
      

You're in file.php, you need to include global.php, the relative path would be this:

Code:

../forum/global.php

---

You're currently in /site/, ../ means go back a folder, so you go back to /public_html/, then into /forum/, and then global.php

This is the structure:
/ = root
/sub.myforum.net/htdocs/scr.php = script
/myforum.net/htdocs/forum/global.php = Global.php